Enjoyable but not memorable

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2013)

The mechs are cool in a americanized Neon-Genesis Evangelion way. The monsters are grand but lacks diversity. I was thoroughly pleased during fighting sequences although these had some of the same flaws as Transforms did - albeit splendid CG too much is happening on-screen in poorly lit environments. The story is only a backdrop for letting of the fights, and the characters aren't really solid. Also a few plot holes here and there (why was the Jäeger program canceled, how did the main character and his new female co-pilot end up synchronizing in the end?) All in all I found Pacific Rim to be quite good at what it tries to do best: setting up man in his own creation battling the gruesome unknown. But nothing more than that